The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 27.082 Tuesday, 15 March 2016
From: John Andrews <
Date: March 16, 2016 at 12:28:01 PM EDT
Subject: Previewing a Venetian-Ghetto “Merchant” with Director Karin Coonrod
Director Karin Coonrod
Previews the Merchant
She's Preparing for July
In the Venetian Ghetto
Monday, March 28, at 8 p.m.
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South, Manhattan
Admission Free, but Reservations Requested
If you read Sunday’s Travel section in the New York Times, you probably saw David Laskin’s cover story about “500 Years of Jewish Life in Venice.” You may also have noticed that in late July a special production of The Merchant of Venice will be staged in the city’s historic Ghetto. The director behind this commemorative event is Karin Coonrod, and in a recent review New York Times critic Ben Brantley described her as “a theater artist of far-reaching inventiveness.”
In 2005 Vanity Fair columnist John Heilpern, writing in the New York Observer, called her rendering of Coriolanus “bold and brilliant.” Similar accolades have appeared in American Theatre, The New Yorker, Village Voice, and other periodicals. Ms. Coonrod has founded two companies, Arden Party (1987) and Compagnia de’ Colombari (2004), and she and her colleagues have enchanted playgoers in such venues as BAM, the Folger Theatre, Hartford Stage, the Public Theater, and Theatre for a New Audience.
We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be a memorable evening, and that you’ll encourage others to do likewise. Because space is limited, we request that you reserve spaces with an email to
See www.shakesguild.org/events.html and click on the blue links for additional detail, not only about this event and the context that gives rise to it, but about upcoming programs with Ralph Alan Cohen (April 18), Kiernan Ryan (May 23), and Peter Holland (June 20). You’ll also find information about other engagements, among them a festive Gielgud Award presentation that took place in October at London’s venerable Guildhall.
John F Andrews, President
The Shakespeare Guild
1-505-988-9560